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At the age of sixteen, Kharitonov started studying [[Combat Sambo]]. During his studies in the Airborne Troops Academy, Sergey started competing in hand-to-hand combat (simplified form of Combat Sambo) and MMA. After Kharitonov graduated from the Academy, he was contacted by [[Vladimir Pogodin]], the manager of the [[Russian Top Team]], who invited him to join the club. At first, Sergey was invited to be [[Fedor Emelianenko]]'s [[sparring]] partner, who taught him many [[ground fighting]] techniques, including [[ground and pound|striking on the ground]] and [[Submission (combat sport term)|submissions]]. Sergey kept competing at various Russian MMA competitions, and in October 2003 he debuted in [[PRIDE Fighting Championships]], one of the top two leading MMA organizations in the world.
Sergey trains with the Russian national boxing and Sambo teams, as well as some freestyle wrestlers. He also recently added [[Muay Thai]] training to his regimen, and, according to him, he even
Currently, Sergey Kharitonov trains in [[Kirieevsk]], [[Russia]], under coach [[Mikhail Ilyukhin]] ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Михаил Илюхин). Ilyukhin chose Kirieevsk as their training base due to a large number of heavyweight MMA fighters available there. According to him, key elements of Sergey's success are his willpower and unpredicability in the ring.
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